Here is an interesting article on the security of America’s power grid.
Terrorists attack Colombia’s electrical grid hundreds of times a year. What’s to stop attacks on America’s power lines? An Iowa State University research team led by Arun Somani, chair and Jerry R. Junkins professor of electrical and computer engineering, is working to develop a network of wireless sensors that could monitor the country’s electricity transmission system. While the sensors could pick up suspicious activity at power poles, they’d be especially useful at quickly locating any breakdowns. That could allow power companies to react in time to prevent power disruptions from cascading into blackouts. And the monitoring system could also help power companies quickly locate problems when severe weather tears down electrical lines.
There is already monitoring in place but, this could help to augment the existing infrastructure.
[tags]Power Grid, SCADA, SCADA Security, Terrorism[/tags]
Interesting, makes sense, this is something i personally haven’t heard talked about.
that could make life really blah if the power grid was attacked.
–RC of strangecutlure.blogspot.com